{"id":46620,"date":"2022-08-30T17:58:55","date_gmt":"2022-08-30T15:58:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wfi-global-staging.com\/topwineold\/?p=46620"},"modified":"2022-09-06T11:47:10","modified_gmt":"2022-09-06T09:47:10","slug":"kc-vin-de-constance-fetches-record-price-at-online-auction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wfi-global-staging.com\/topwineold\/2022\/08\/kc-vin-de-constance-fetches-record-price-at-online-auction\/","title":{"rendered":"KC Vin de Constance fetches record price at online auction"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Looking a little different: Vin de Constance 2019<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

ALMOST as newsworthy as the record-breaking price of over R58K fetched for a 500ml Vin de Constance 1987 at the ‘Cape Heritage Wine' Auction<\/strong><\/span><\/a> by Strauss & Co end-August 2022, was the ‘bargain' price that the 1957 Chateau Libertas went for. A 750ml bottle of this old Chateau Lib blend from Cinsaut and Cabernet Sauvignon that came out of the Winshaw's cellar in Stellenbosch sold for over R18K \u2013 the second-highest price paid on the day but way lower than the R91K that somebody bid at a Strauss auction just less than a year before. Interestingly, prior to the sale, again conducted online only, the South African auction house had estimated the bottle would fetch between R17K and R20K, so presumably whoever paid over five times as much in 2021 must have rued the day.<\/p>\n

The star of the show on this occasion was the second vintage and first commercial release of Klein Constantia's sweet wine made from Muscat du Frontignan, a \u2018renaissance\u2019 in the style of the Grand Constance adored by the royals and nobility of Europe and Britain in the 18th and 19th centuries \u2013 and for which the highest price paid prior to the August 22 purchase was R34 140 for a bottle bought at the same auction that a bidder went big for the Chateau Lib. KC's 1987 Vin de Constance bore the words Noble Late Harvest on the front label, and in recent years the wording has proclaimed Natural Sweet, a descriptor dropped from the 2017 vintage. On sale at the time of writing was the 2018 at R1295 a bottle, and when the 2019 is released the front of the packaging (pictured above) will dispense with the name of the producer… A story for another day!<\/p>\n

The third-highest price paid was R16 415 for a bottle of 1929 KWV Jubilee Port (Tawny). See below for all the highlights.<\/p>\n

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REDS IN HIGH DEMAND<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

Chateau Libertas 1957<\/strong> (Red Blend, Stellenbosch, Distell)
\nR18 760 paid for 1\u00d7750ml<\/p>\n

Zonnebloem Cabernet Sauvignon 1945<\/strong> (Distell)
\nR15 243 paid for 2\u00d7750ml: R7621pb<\/p>\n

Chateau Libertas 1970<\/strong>\u00a0(Red Blend, Stellenbosch, Distell)
\nR12 898 paid for 3\u00d7750ml: R4229pb<\/p>\n

Kanonkop Black Label Pinotage 2006<\/strong>\u00a0(Simonsberg-Stellenbosch)
\nR21 105 paid for 6\u00d7750ml: R3517pb<\/p>\n

Kanonkop Black Label Pinotage 2007<\/strong>\u00a0(Simonsberg-Stellenbosch)
\nR18 760 paid for 6\u00d7750ml: R3127pb<\/p>\n

Kanonkop Black Label Pinotage 2010<\/strong>\u00a0(Simonsberg-Stellenbosch)
\nR18 760 paid for 6\u00d7750ml: R3127pb<\/p>\n

Sadie Pofadder 2015<\/strong> (Cinsaut, Swartland)
\nR18 760 paid for 6\u00d7750ml: R3127pb<\/p>\n

Kanonkop Black Label Pinotage 2012<\/strong>\u00a0(Simonsberg-Stellenbosch)
\nR17 588 paid for 6\u00d7750ml: R2931pb<\/p>\n

Kanonkop Black Label Pinotage 2013<\/strong> (Simonsberg-Stellenbosch)
\nR16 415 paid for 6\u00d7750ml: R2736pb<\/p>\n

Sadie Pofadder 2013<\/strong>\u00a0(Cinsaut, Swartland)
\nR15 243 paid for 6\u00d7750ml: R2540pb<\/p>\n

Kanonkop Pinotage 1998<\/strong>\u00a0(Simonsberg-Stellenbosch)
\nR8794 paid for 2\u00d71.5L: R2198 \/ 750ml<\/p>\n

Kaapzicht Steytler Vision 2012<\/strong> (Pinotage-led blend, Bottelary-Stellenbosch)
\nR3752 paid for 2\u00d7750ml: R1876pb<\/p>\n

Kanonkop Pinotage 1991<\/strong>\u00a0(Simonsberg-Stellenbosch)
\nR5628 paid for 3\u00d7750ml: R1876<\/p>\n

Sadie Treinspoor 2013<\/strong>\u00a0(Tinta Barocca, Swartland)
\nR10 553 paid for 6\u00d7750ml: R1759pb<\/p>\n

Sadie Treinspoor 2015<\/strong> (Tinta Barocca, Swartland)
\nR9967 paid for 6\u00d7750ml: R1661pb<\/p>\n

Beyerskloof Diesel Pinotage 2014 <\/strong>(Stellenbosch)
\nR9380 paid for 6\u00d7750ml: R1563pb<\/p>\n

Kanonkop Pinotage 2007<\/strong>\u00a0(Simonsberg-Stellenbosch)
\nR9380 paid for 3\u00d71.5L: R1563 \/ 750ml<\/p>\n

Beyerskloof Faith 2015 <\/strong>(Pinotage-led Blend, Stellenbosch)
\nR8208 paid for 6\u00d7750ml: R1368pb<\/p>\n

Alto Rouge 1980, 1989<\/strong> (Red Blend, Stellenbosch)
\nR2580 paid for 2\u00d7750ml: R1290pb<\/p>\n

Kanonkop Pinotage 2015<\/strong> (Simonsberg-Stellenbosch)
\nR7622 paid for 6\u00d7750ml: R1270pb<\/p>\n

Kanonkop Pinotage 2001<\/strong>\u00a0(Simonsberg-Stellenbosch)
\nR3752 paid for 3\u00d7750ml: R1251pb<\/p>\n

Beeslaar Pinotage 2016 <\/strong>(Stellenbosch)
\nR6449 paid for 6\u00d7750ml: R1075pb<\/p>\n

Kaapzicht Steytler Pinotage 2006<\/strong> (Bottelary-Stellenbosch)
\nR6449 paid for 6\u00d7750ml: R1075pb<\/p>\n

KWV Roodeberg 1990<\/strong> (Red Blend)
\nR3518 paid for 3\u00d7750ml: R1173pb<\/p>\n

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WHITES IN HIGH DEMAND<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

Sadie Skurfberg 2012<\/strong>\u00a0(Chenin, Swartland)
\nR14 070 paid for 3\u00d7750ml: R4690pb<\/p>\n

Sadie Mev Kirsten 2015<\/strong>\u00a0(Chenin, Stellenbosch)
\nR12 898 paid for 3\u00d7750ml: R4299pb<\/p>\n

Sadie Skurfberg 2013<\/strong> (Chenin, Swartland)
\nR11 725 paid for 3\u00d7750ml: R3908pb<\/p>\n

Sadie Mev Kirsten 2016<\/strong>\u00a0(Chenin, Stellenbosch)
\nR11 139 paid for 3\u00d7750ml: R3713pb<\/p>\n

Sadie Palladius 2011<\/strong>\u00a0(White Blend, Swartland)
\nR22 278 paid for 6\u00d7750ml: R3713pb<\/p>\n

Ken Forrester Dirty Little Secret 2015<\/strong> (Chenin, Piekenierskloof)
\nR10 553 paid for 3\u00d7750ml: R3518pb<\/p>\n

Sadie Palladius 2015<\/strong> (White Blend, Swartland)
\nR19 933 paid for 6\u00d7750ml: R3322pb<\/p>\n

Sadie Kokerboom 2015<\/strong> (Semillon, Swartland)
\nR18 760 paid for 6\u00d7750ml: R3127pb<\/p>\n

Sadie ‘T Voetpad 2013<\/strong> (White Blend, Swartland)
\nR9380 paid for 3\u00d7750ml: R3127pb<\/p>\n

Sadie ‘T Voetpad 2012<\/strong>\u00a0(White Blend, Swartland)
\nR8794 paid for 3\u00d7750ml: R2931pb<\/p>\n

Alheit Magnetic North 2017 <\/strong>(Chenin & Semillon, W Cape)
\nR11 725 paid for 6\u00d7750ml: R1954pb<\/p>\n

Sadie Kokerboom 2013<\/strong>\u00a0(Semillon, Swartland)
\nR11 725 paid for 6\u00d7750ml: R1954pb<\/p>\n

Ken Forrester FMC 2013<\/strong> (Chenn, Stellenbosch)
\nR7622 paid for 2\u00d71.5L: R1905 \/ 750ml<\/p>\n

Alheit Nautical Dawn 2017 <\/strong>(Chenin, Stellenbosch)
\nR11 139 paid for 6\u00d7750ml: R1856pb<\/p>\n

Ken Forrester FMC 2013<\/strong> (Chenn, Stellenbosch)
\nR3518 paid for 1\u00d71.5L: R1759 \/ 750ml<\/p>\n

Sadie Skerpioen 2015<\/strong> (Chenin & Palomino, Swartland)
\nR10 553 paid for 6\u00d7750ml: R1759pb<\/p>\n

Raats Eden Chenin Blanc 2018<\/strong> (Stellenbosch)
\nR9967 paid for 6\u00d7750ml: R1661pb<\/p>\n

Mullineux Quartz Chenin Blanc 2013<\/strong> (Swartland)
\nR3283 paid for 2\u00d7750ml: R1641pb<\/p>\n

Ken Forrester FMC 2013<\/strong> (Chenn, Stellenbosch)
\nR7622 paid for 6\u00d7750ml: R1270pb<\/p>\n

Sadie Skerpioen 2012<\/strong>\u00a0(Chenin & Palomino, Swartland)
\nR5628 paid for 5\u00d7750ml: R1126pb<\/p>\n

Alheit Cartology 2017<\/strong> (Chenin, Citrusdal Mtn)
\nR6449 paid for 6\u00d7750ml: R1075pb<\/p>\n

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SWEETS IN HIGH DEMAND<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

Klein Constantia Vin de Constance 1987 <\/strong>(Muscat, Constantia)
\nR58 625 paid for 1\u00d7500ml: R87 937 \/ 750ml<\/p>\n

Klein Constantia Vin de Constance 1989 <\/strong>(Muscat, Constantia)
\nR25 795 paid for 1\u00d7500ml: R38\u00a0692 \/ 750ml<\/p>\n

Klein Constantia Vin de Constance 1993<\/strong> (Muscat, Constantia)
\nR11 725 paid for 1\u00d7500ml: R17\u00a0587 \/ 750ml<\/p>\n

Klein Constantia Vin de Constance 2000<\/strong> (Muscat, Constantia)
\nR7035 paid for 1\u00d7500ml: R10\u00a0552 \/ 750ml<\/p>\n

Klein Constantia Vin de Constance 1998<\/strong> (Muscat, Constantia)
\nR18 760 paid for 3\u00d7500ml: R9380 \/ 750ml<\/p>\n

Klein Constantia Vin de Constance 1996<\/strong> (Muscat, Constantia)
\nR10 553 paid for 2\u00d7500ml: R7915 \/ 750ml<\/p>\n

Klein Constantia Vin de Constance 2001<\/strong> (Muscat, Constantia)
\nR4690 paid for 1\u00d7500ml: R7035 \/ 750ml<\/p>\n

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KWV Jubilee Port 1929<\/strong> (Tawny, Paarl)
\nR16 415 paid for 1\u00d7750ml<\/p>\n

KWV Tawny Port 1939 <\/strong>(Paarl)
\nR12 898 paid for 3\u00d7750ml: R4299pb<\/p>\n

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ALMOST as newsworthy as the record-breaking price of over R58K fetched for a 500ml Vin de Constance 1987 at the ‘Cape Heritage Wine’ Auction by Strauss & Co end-August 2022, was the ‘bargain’ price that the 1957 Chateau Libertas went for. A 750ml bottle of this old Chateau Lib blend from Cinsaut and Cabernet Sauvignon that came out of the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3832,3299,2039],"tags":[3809,1586,2014,829,987,835,1076,1140,1152,2956,1199,849,1044,3191,3860,1144],"class_list":["post-46620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-3832","category-auctions","category-events","tag-3809","tag-auction","tag-chateau-libertas","tag-distell","tag-klein-constantia","tag-kwv","tag-muscat","tag-natural-sweet","tag-port","tag-record","tag-red-blend","tag-sa","tag-south-africa","tag-strauss","tag-top-wine-sa","tag-vin-de-constance"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t